Business case competition · since 2025

A real company. A real case. Your strategy.

A company hands over its problem, your team builds the strategy and defends it in front of the company's managers.

Next: Tashkent, 4 October, a case from KFC

Teams at work at the Vericase round with Feed Up, Courtyard by Marriott, Tashkent
Samarkand, September 2026
14rounds
14
rounds
12
cities in 2 countries
19
partner companies
2025
first round

Past cases

Real problems, solved by students.

Every round so far, newest first. A company hands over a real problem, teams build a strategy, and the company's own people judge it.

  1. Case 145 September 2026

    Mondelux · Samarkand

    Mondelux

    Mondelux Group Companies set the official case and sent its professional judges.

    1stYuksalish

  2. Case 1330 August 2026

    Mega House · Bukhara

    Mega House

    A case from Mega House, published two days before the round.

    1stPioneers

  3. Case 1229 August 2026

    Feed Up · Tashkent

    Feed Up: five cases, one on the day

    Feed Up published five cases; teams prepared for all five, and one was set on the day. Forty-five minutes to build the team's presentation, references required, no AI.

    1stFASA

  4. Case 11August 2026

    Navoiy, Gulistan, Fergana, Dushanbe

    Regional round

    Beyond the border: Navoiy, Syrdarya, Fergana and Dushanbe in Tajikistan.

    Report
  5. Case 1028 and 29 March 2026

    Fergana, Jizzakh

    Regional round

    Two cities on two days: more than fifty participants in Fergana, more than twenty-five in Jizzakh.

    Report
  6. Case 0915 February 2026

    Karshi

    Regional round

    A hundred participants in Karshi, and an internship for the winners.

    Report

Past judges

Judged by the people who run the companies.

The founders and managers who judged the pitches or spoke to the participants, as the channel introduced them.

  • Umid ErgashevGazeta.uz

    Guest speakerFounder of Feed Up

    Umid Ergashev

    Spoke at the Tashkent round built on his company's cases and took the participants' questions; Feed Up's directors and top managers judged it.

    Tashkent, 29 August 2026Post

  • Rayxon PulatovaFrom the round's poster

    Guest speakerGuest speaker in Bukhara

    Rayxon Pulatova

    Spoke to the participants of the Mega House round in Bukhara.

    Bukhara, 30 August 2026Post

  • A photograph from the round

    JudgeJudge in Fergana

    Karim

    Joined the jury of the first regional tour in Fergana. The channel names him Karim aka.

    Fergana, August 2025Post

  • Sunnat MakhmudkhonovFrom the round's poster

    JudgeChief Audit Executive, Crafers

    Sunnat Makhmudkhonov

    Oversees finance, risk and internal control at one of Uzbekistan's leading confectioners. Judged the Crafers round.

    Tashkent, 27 April 2025Post

  • Asilbek AshurovFrom the round's poster

    Guest speakerFounder of SATMakon

    Asilbek Ashurov

    The first student from Uzbekistan to win a full $420,000 scholarship to the University of Chicago. Spoke at the first two rounds and gave an online workshop on the business portfolio.

    Tashkent, March and April 2025Post

  • Ahror AbdukarimovFrom the round's poster

    JudgeFounder and CEO of Texnomart

    Ahror Abdukarimov

    Built Texnomart into one of the biggest electronics retailers in Uzbekistan. Judged the first Vericase, on his own company's case, and later met the community at an evening of its own.

    Tashkent, 23 March 2025Post

Statistics

Vericase in numbers.

Only what the reports printed. Where a report gave no number, none is counted.

rounds
14
cities
12
countries
2
participants in published counts
458+
so'm in prize money
13.5 mln
so'm invested in a startup
50 mln
partner companies
19
named judges and speakers
6

Sums of the figures in the channel's reports.

Organisations and hosts

Where the rounds took place.

The universities, hotels, centres and administrations that hosted the rounds or signed the certificates.

  • British Management University

    Hosted the first two rounds, in March and April 2025.

  • Kapital Bank Academy

    Opened its academy for the IT hackathon.

  • Frankfort Hotel

    Hosted the Tashkent round with Pyramids Resorts.

  • Yoshlar Markazi

    The youth centres where the winter tour ran, with the Fund.

  • Courtyard by Marriott Tashkent

    Hosted the eight-hour Tashkent round with Feed Up.

  • Mirobod tumani hokimligi

    Signed the participants' certificates in Tashkent.

  • Abu Hafs

    Hosted the Bukhara round.

  • Buxoro hokimligi

    Signed the participants' certificates in Bukhara.

  • SamDTU

    Samarkand State Technical University, host of the Mondelux round.

  • Central Asian University

    Next round

    Host of the KFC round in Tashkent, 4 October 2026.

Partners

The companies behind the cases.

The companies that set the cases, judged, sponsored and invested.

  • Yoshlar-Kelajagimiz Jamg‘armasiYoshlar-Kelajagimiz Jamg‘armasiOfficial partner
  • KFCKFCCase
  • Feed UpFeed UpCase
  • MondeluxMondeluxCase
  • MHMega HouseCase
  • TexnomartTexnomartCase
  • CrafersCrafersCase
  • Kapital BankKapital BankCase
  • AGAthlon GroupCase
  • Pyramids ResortsPyramids ResortsCase
  • MBSI SchoolMBSI SchoolCase
  • MacCoffeeMacCoffeeSponsor
  • SATMakonSATMakonSponsor
  • PokizaPokizaSponsor
  • Uzum TechnologyUzum TechnologySponsor
  • MMezosferaSponsor
  • Domino’s PizzaDomino’s PizzaSponsor
  • AloqaVenturesAloqaVenturesInvestor
  • StartUp GarageStartUp GarageInvestor

Long-term partners

Partners who came back.

The partners who came back.

  • Yoshlar-Kelajagimiz Jamg‘armasiHeadquarters photo to come

    Official partner

    Yoshlar-Kelajagimiz Jamg‘armasi

    Since
    April 2025
    Cases
    3 rounds

    The official partner: with Vericase since April 2025, in Tashkent, on the winter tour and in Samarkand, and signed as the official partnership in August 2026.

    On the channel
  • TexnomartHeadquarters photo to come

    Case

    Texnomart

    Since
    March 2025
    Cases
    2 rounds

    The first case of all, and again a regional case in the summer of 2025.

    On the channel
  • SATMakonHeadquarters photo to come

    Sponsor

    SATMakon

    Since
    March 2025
    Cases
    3 rounds

    Its founder spoke at the first rounds; the company sponsored the August 2026 tour and gave its vouchers to participants.

    On the channel
  • Mega HouseHeadquarters photo to come

    Case

    Mega House

    Since
    August 2026
    Cases
    1 round

    The Bukhara case with internships, and the case for the next Syrdarya round.

    On the channel

Team

The people behind Vericase.

Split the way the club works: the core team leads the club, the operational team runs the rounds in each city.

Core team 05

The co-founders and the heads of finance, media and operations.

  • Akmal Sayfutdinov

    Akmal Sayfutdinov

    Project Co-founder

  • Azizbek Kasimov

    Azizbek Kasimov

    Project Co-founder

  • Abdumalik Abdulkhaev

    Abdumalik Abdulkhaev

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Amirbek Kholmatov

    Amirbek Kholmatov

    Chief Media Officer

  • Nilufar Khujaeva

    Nilufar Khujaeva

    Chief Operating Officer

Operational team 09

The event managers who run each round in its city, and PR.

  • Abduvosit Shodiev

    Abduvosit Shodiev

    Event Manager

  • Azizbek Oripov

    Azizbek Oripov

    Event Manager

  • Farxod Toxirmirzaev

    Farxod Toxirmirzaev

    Event Manager

  • Ibrohimjon Mamasharipov

    Ibrohimjon Mamasharipov

    Event Manager

  • Mokhinur Ishmukhamedova

    Mokhinur Ishmukhamedova

    PR

  • Muhammadaziz Numonov

    Muhammadaziz Numonov

    Event Manager

  • Muslima Shodieva

    Muslima Shodieva

    Event Manager

  • Xasanboy Rakhimov

    Xasanboy Rakhimov

    Event Manager

  • Xumoyun Abdusamatov

    Xumoyun Abdusamatov

    Event Manager

Application

Take on the next case.

This is a full application: about you, your studies, the role you want, your experience and two short essays. The team reads every one.

About 12 minutes

1About you

2Studies

Where do you study?

3Taking part

Which areas of business interest you?

Choose any.

4Experience

One per line: date, name, result. For example: August 2026, Vericase Tashkent, 2nd place

Certificates (IELTS, SAT), olympiads, projects, a business of your own

5Essays

0 / 150 words

About you, your interest in business and why you want to take part. Up to 150 words.

0 / 120 words

A real company you know, the problem you see and your strategy. Up to 120 words.

Contact

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